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VOL. 37 NO. 10
WARNS AGAINST
FOREIGN HOBBY
Mme. Tartoue Hopes American
Girls Witt Profit by Her Un
fortunate Experience.
WIFE OF PORTRAIT PAINTER
Says European Men Are Not Brought
Up With the Ideals of Marriage
and Womanhood That Amer
ican Men Are.
New York."If American girls who
are contemplating marriage with for
eigners will only listen to me and
take warning from my unfortunate ex
perience with a distinguished for
eigner, to whom I gave my love and
devotion, I will feel repaid in a meas
ure for the ordeal through which I
have passed and the humiliation I
must now endure.
"Most men from the continental
European countries are not brought
up with ideals of marriage and wom
anhood which American girls are
taught to believe American men have.
They make bad husbands for an
American girl, and my advice to girls
is to pick out an American for a hus-
band."
That is what Mme. Pierre Tartoue,
wife of the noted portrait painter,
said in discussing her marriage and
her suit for separation just started.
Mr. Tartoue is said to he in the
Adirondacks. His studio is said to
have been sublet to Rene V&n Len
nap, a friend.
Since Mme. Tartoue departed from
her home over a month ago in the
middle of the night, following a se
ries of alleged sensational incidents
In and near the studio, she has been
living in seclusion with her mother,
Mrs. R. Bengue Barnett.
Tells of Persecution.
Light on the nature of her dis
agreement, with her husband was shed
by Mme. Tartoue during her inter
view. She said:
"The persecution to which I was
subjected by two elderly women will
be made public during the trial.
"I lent myself to Pierre for pub
licity purposes much against my own
inclination. He told me it would help
him.
"I lent him money as well, as most
American girls who marry foreign
ers find they are obliged to do for
the sake of preserving their homes
and saving their husbands from finan
cial difficulties. My family and
friends have reason to know intimate
details concerning these financial
transactions.
"I sacrificed myself on the altar
of Pierre's art and I soon discovered
he did not appreciate it. This is
my attitude toward my husband. 1
have no animosity in my heart, only
Pity.
"After I was Pierre's wife he con
stantly told me I was no longer an
American woman. He said I was un
der the French law, because I had
married a French citizen. He told
me I would have to bear half the
expense of our establishment and
that French women had no rights.
Helped in Mis Work.
"Pierre told me he was madly in
love with me. I was madly in love
with him. He told me and told my
friends I was the most beautiful
American girl. He told me I was an
inspiration to him in his art. Be
lieving implicity in him and in his
genius, I helped him every way I
could. I even posed for him for por
traits of myself, and I posed for the
hands and gowns of some of his best
portraits. Among those were the
portraits he painted last year of Mrs.
Frederick Brooks of New York, Mrs.
Harold Brooks and Miss Ruth Shoel
hopf of Buffalo.
"After he had painted a portrait
of me with my wedding veil over my
head, some critics told him it was
one of the best pieces of work he
had ever done. When he painted the
'Go'd of Happiness,' which now hangs
in- the Alfred I. du Pont home on
Long Island, I helped him with my
suggestions.
"I found, however, that Pierre did
not appreciate me. With my own
hands I used to cook him little stu
dio dinners so that at the end of
the day, when he was tired out from
painting, he would not have to go
out for dinner. Those were halcyon
days when Pierre and I were by our
selves night after night in our stu
dio. I could hardly believe the thing
was real, it was so ideal.
"We were married October 14, 1919,
and I will never forget the promises
he made that day, for he did not
keep a single one of them."
Infant Sent to Dentist.
Kennebec, S. D.The daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Coyours of this
place has gained a unique distinction.
The baby is only three weeks old but
she was born with one tooth. Nor is
that all. Within a week after her
birth it was found necessary to ex
tract the tooth. So Miss Coyours may
boast of not only having been born with
a tooth but of having had dental at
tention before she was a week old.
Will Take "Bug" Census In School.
Cleveland.A "bug" census will be
taken by the students of a Cleveland
high school. Members of the biology
class will scrape the walls of the build
ing and collect all the bacteria under
the microscope and study the species
that they are learning. ^$SM
HISTORIC TRACT
BEING RECLAIMED
Famous "Campagna Romana^ls
Being Cultivated and Is
Yielding Big Crops.
UYS IDLE FOR MANY YEARS
Since the Fall of the Roman Empire
This Once Fruitful Tract Has Been
UncultivatedTo Reclaim Many
Thousand Acres.
Ostia, Italy.Efforts are being made
to reclaim and plant parts of the vast
tract of land which stretches for sev
eral miles around Borne and goes by
the name of the "Campagna Romana."
It has been allowed to remain idle and
uncultivated-ever since the fall of the
Roman empire.
Before that time it was a sort of
terrestrial paradise villas and gar
dens were dotted all over it as far as
the eye could see, it was luxuriant
with fruits and flowers, it supplied
food and work for thousands upon
thousands of men, it was one of the
most beautiful and intensely cultivat
ed spots in the world.
When Rome, however, was obliged
to resign her position as* "the mistress
of the world," the "campagna" was
abandoned and gradually became a
marshy, malaria-infected desert, in
habited only by a few hardy shep
herds.
New Law Having Effect
Now, however, the law which was
recently passed, decreeing that any
one who does not cultivate his land
to the utmost of its capacity, is liable
to have the land confiscated, is be
ginning to have its effects. Prince
Aldobrandini has engaged a company
to reclaim a huge estate of several
thousands of acres, which he owns in
the "campagna."
The work already has begun and
an experimental station has been set
up at Ostia. The land was first of
all drained and then arrangements
were made to obtain water from the
Tiber for irrigation. Electric tractors
to draw the plows were then bought
and various kinds of fruit, vegetables
and cereals were cultivated in order
to find out how fertile the land is and
what kind of crop it is most adapted
for.
Yields Plentiful Crops.
The results were beyond the wild
est hopes of any of the promoters of
the company. The land, after lying
idle for centuries, seems td have
stored up its fertility throughout all
that time and now yields crop upon
crop with unstinting bind.
An attempt has even been made to
grow cotton here and the experiment
has been successful, but how success
ful it has been impossible to deter
mine, as the cottonseed used was of
the worst quality obtainable. This
year, however, it is proposed to plant
American or Egyptian cotton. So hap
py have the results at the experiment
al station been, that it is hoped that
soon work may be begun for the total
reclaiming of the whole of the "cam
pagna."
BLACK CAT RESTORES SIGHT
War Veteran Sees Dimly After Fright
Ducking in River Does
the Rest.
London.Charles Appleby, who
went to France in the Royal air force
in 1914, was severely wounded in the
Ypres salient. He lay unconscious in
Havre hospital for ten months with a
fractured skull, and when he recov
ered, was blind. He wag sent to St
Dunstan's hospital.
While there, a black cat jumped on
Appleby's head. The shock had the
effect of enabling' him to see just a
glimmer of daylight with his left eye.
He left the hospital and returned to
Kingston, being able to go about with
a dog to lead him.
He wandered into the river a few
weeks ago, but was rescued. It was
then found that the shock of the im
mersion had partly restored the sight
of the right eye.
He was given several powerful elec
tric shocks, and now, after having
been blind for four years, he has fully
recovered his sight.
$100,000 Book, 700 Yrs.
Old, Is Brought to U. S.
Philadelphia.A book, 700
years old, valued at $100,000,
was placed in the University of
Pennsylvania for translation by
Dr. William R. Newbold. It is
said to have been written by
Roger Bacon, some time be
tween 1216 and 1262, and is an
exposition of the laws govern
ing life. The volume is the
property of Dr. Willfred M. de
Voynioh, exile from Poland.
To Teach Hondurans te Fly. 4*
Tegucigalpa, Honduras.Two Amer
ican aviators have arrived in Hondur
as with American-built flying ma
chines bought for the war department.
They are engaged for a certain period
to teach flying and how to care for
the airplanes. It Is expected thai
in peace times the machines will be
used to carry mails over the country
where railroads are scarce and roada
bad.
U. S. TRADE INCREASE
Report Shows Record-Breaking
Foreign Business in 1920.
Exports to the Leading Allies in the
War Fell Off Sharply, Says
Commerce Department.
Washington, D. CIncreased trade
with Germany, South America, the Ori
ent, West Indies and North America
accounted in large measure for the
record breaking foreign business ot
the United States in 1920.
A compilation of American exports
and imports last year by countries, is
sued by the department of commerce,
shows that exports to Great Britain,
France and Italy fell off sharply. Those
countries, however, increased their
shipments to the United States,- as did
practically all the other important na
tions.
American trade with the four prin
cipal South American countriesBra
zil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay
totaled approximately $1,044,000,000,
as compared with $917,000,000 in 1919.
American exports to these countries
increased more than $100,000,000 dur
ing 1920, totaling $457,000,000, whereas
imports from these countries increased
only about $25,000,000, the total being
$587,000,000.
Trade with Germany during the year
nearly quadrupled, aggregating $400,-
000,000, but fell far short of that be
fore the war. Exports to Germany
reached $311,000,000, against $89,000,-
000 the year before, and imports from
that country totaled $92,000,000, as
compared with $10,000,000 the year be
fore.
American trade with Cuba alone in
1920 exceeded $1,200,000,000, increas
ing nearly $500,000,000 when compared
with 1919. Exports of $515,000,000 to
the island republic showed an increase
of $247,000,000, while imports of $721,-
000,000 from the republic presented an
increase of $303,000,000.
Spain was the only principal Euro
pean country which increased its pur
chases of goods in the American mar
ket. SNEEZE, STUDENTS GET GATE
Offenders in Boston School Sent Di
rect to Physicians for Examina
tion and Treatment.
Boston.Sneezing in a classroom at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
draws the gate for the offender.
Orders from Dr. George"W. Morse,
head of Tech's new medical depart
ment, instructed members the fac
ulty to send sneezers and cougbers di
rectly to the school clinic, where they
can be taken care of.
The epidemic of infectious colds, the
order says, has brought the doctors to
this drastic step. Not only those who
give audible evidence of the possession
of a cold through a cough or a sneeze,
but even those who, perhaps through
an over-red nose, apparently are in the
grip of the thing are to be sent to Doc
tor Morse.
CHEROKEES FORGET OLD ROW
Indian Nation Reunited After Split
Over Slavery at Time of
Civil War.
Talequah, Okla.Tribal differences
dating back to the Civil war, when the
powerful Cherokee Indian nation broke
into factions over the question of slav
ery, were wiped out here when several
hundred delegates met and unani
mously elected Levi Gritts of Musko
gee, a full-blood, as principal chief.
Levi Cookson, a mixed blood, living
near'Gore, Okla., was chosen assistant
chief. N
For the first time in the history of
the nation white men, members
through intermarriage, sat at'the coun
cil and voted. Many of them were un
able to speak Cherokee and the pro
ceedings frequently were halted while
translations were made.
SPEED CRAZE HITS INDIA
Three Cartloads of Motorcycles Arrive
at Jellalabad for Dispatch
Service.
Bombay.-Life' in Afghanistan is*
speeding up, writes a frontier corre
spendent of the Times of India.
Three cartloads of motorcycles have
recently arrived at Jellalabad for
Prince Kasir Jan, the director of com
munications, who intends to organize
a dispatch rider service throughout the
country.
Orders have been issued by the
Amir's government for contracts to
construct macadamized roads through
the country to the capital, and for the
importation of automobile vehicles
Firms are also invited to establish
woolen mills and sugar refineries at
Kabul, the capitaL
Seeks to Calm Married Life.
Seattle, Wash.Justice of he Peace
G. C. Dalton announced his purpose
to establish a court of domestic rela
tions for adjustment of family trou
bles, under the Washington "lazy hus
band" act and cases of .desertion and
nonsupport. *h
*j^ j-
It will be the first domestic relations
court in Washington. .-& J,
Mennonltes to Settle in Mississippi.
Winnipeg.An agreement has been
concluded between representatives of
an American land syndicate and H. If.
Klaussen, representing Mennonltes of
Manitoba, Canada, whereby they will
purchase 125.000 acres in Mississippi
for colonization, a newspaper in Win
nipeg has announced.
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS. MINN.. SATURDAY: MARCH 6 i2i
GERMAN MIND
IS UNCHANGED
War Fails to Jar Conceit of
Teuton, Says Observer of
Long Experience.
MENTAL ISOLATION ABSOLUTE
Unable to Understand How They Art
DetestedThe German of Today
Is to All Intents and Purposes
the Same as in 1913.
London. Althougji Berlin has
changed since 1914, the German mind
remains unchanged. Neither the .holo
caust of dead nor the crash of thrones
has shaken Germany out of her self
conceit, according to what G. Valen
tine Williams, formerly correspondent
of Beuter's Agency kvBerlin, tells the
London Daily Mail.
"The German mind," he says, "does
not seem to have altered,
"Albeit sadly puzzled to account for
the utter break-down of the entire
German system, in his outlook on life
the German of 1920 is to most intents
and purposes the German of 1913. In
a world which to British eyes is
strangely changed by five years of
World war the mental isolation of the
German is absolute. To talk to him
makes you feel that the German of
today is the loneliest creature on God's
earth.
"Yet with heavy deliberation he is
communing with himself to ascertain
the causes of his defeat. But he is
not examining his conscience.
"Any Berlin bookshop will show you
the chaos prevailing in the German
mind.
Nothing of the Present.
"Professor Steinach's rejuvenation
experiments, Einstein's theory of light,
Maynard Keynes and Norman Angell
on the Versailles Peaceboth books
in German translations and prominent
ly displayedtreatises on spiritualism,
atheism, free love, and the likeworks
of this description stand side by side
with a mass of frankly pornographic
literature. Here will you find reasoned
explanations for the past, complicated
schemes for the future, but nothing
practical to deal with the problems of
the present. And above all, no con
trition for Germany's crime against
mankind.
"The German sur-vepod the world
from his castle of militarism. Now
that it has -collapsed he is left floun
dering in a sea of doubts and fears.
The Germans with whom I have spok
en expect us to hold them guiltless of
the past because, they say, they have
rid Germany of her military caste.
"They have, it is true, expelled the
bloody-minded blunderers surrounding
that eminent nonentity, William the
Second-rater, because they failed to
keep their promise to establish Ger
man world-domination. But the Ger
man people is governed' by the herd
instinct, and the expulsion of the Old
Gang in the circumstances of mili
tary defeat and home panic .in which
the Hohenzollerns were sent away re
quires weightier evidence of a change
of heart that is forthcoming in Ger
many today, if it is to be accepted as
a proof of the death of German mili
tarism.
Blank Indifference.
"Talk to a Frenchman of any class,
and you will, sooner or later, come
upon a well-banked but fiercely smoul
dering Republican ardor. Talk to a
German about his government and you
will find, at the best, lukewarm inter
est at the worsl, resentful ridicufe
towards the German Republic.
"The average attitude is one of
blank indifference. The German man
In the street never thought for him
self. He does not do so today. The
question of the future is, what party
will emerge from the present chaos to
do his thinking for him?
"The Germans are perfectly willing
to forgive us for the war. They talk
glibly about 'this unhappy war* with
the air of a man making perfunctory
excuses for some social lapse. In
some may be detected In addition a
little air of condescension in speaking
of the late unpleasantness as though
to draw attention to their magnanimi
ty in accepting the war as an inevita
ble catastrophe, 'an act of God,' as the
insurance policies say. And even to
day I find1
that the great majority of
Germans have no idea of the abhor
rence in which the very name German
is held in the Anglo-Saxon countries
and in France and Belgium.'*
SEEK FRUIT FLY PARASITE
""K
Indian Bug to Be Introduced in Ter
ritory to Save the Hawaiian
^l Products.
Honolulu, T. H.-David T. Full
away, entomologist with the territor
ial board of agriculture, will leave
soon for India to search for certain
fruit fly parasites discovered by
George Compere at Bangalore, India.
If the parasite can be located, it will
be Introduced In the territory to com
bat fruit flies here.^%
5^
Jfer
Ssn
Bought Cap He Had Thrown Away,
Perth Amboy, N. J.A cap pur
chased by Howard Tapper, an over
seas veteran of the World war, in a
renovated army goods store here,
proved to be one he had discarded in
France after the armistice. It con
tained his name written on the under
side of the band*.
OWN GAS KILLS IM
Chemist Commits Suicide Under
Dramatic Circumstances.
Pays All Debts and From Remaining
Stock of Chemicals Mixes Com
pound to Generate Gas.
London.Composing his own lethal
gas, Constantine De Mereschevsky, a
chemist and botanist of international
repute, former professor In the Uni
versity of petrograd, committed sui
cide in a Geneva hotel under dramatic
circumstances.
Mereschevsky escaped from Russia
with a small fortune, which was ex
hausted after two years' residence in
Geneva, where he continued his re
search work and wrote a number of
scientific books. When his funds were
gone he was too proud to appeal for
help, though in view of his high stand
ing he could have obtained a hand
some subsidy to pursue his studies
from scientific associations in Amer
ica, France and England had he
stooped to solicit aid.
He preferred to die. He scrupulous
ly paid all his debts and then from his
remaining stock of chemicals mixed a
special composition which he poured
into a receptacle, to which he attached
a tube.
At the other end of the tube was a
mask which he placed over his face,
and then binding himself to the bed
released the gas which was given off
from the composition. He died from
asphyxiation. Fireir had to wear
smoke helmets to remove the body
from the room.
26,869 ALIENS IN SHANGHAI
Entire Population Estimated at More
Than 2f000,000--IMo Census of
City Taken.
Shanghai.A quinquennial census
taken in October in the French con
cession and the international settle
ment gives Shanghai a foreign popu
lation of 26,869, according to official
returns.
A census of the entire city, native
and foreign, has never been taken, but
careful estimates place the population
at more than 2,000,000.
The international settlement has a
foreign population of 23,307 and the
French concession 3,562. In the two
concessions the Japanese lead in point
of numbers with 10,521. British are
second with 6,385, Americans third,
2,813, and Russians fourth, 1,382.
There are 846 Frenchmen in the two
districts.
The international settlement has 35
known different nationalities, with 18
of undefined nationality. The *Ger
man population, which in 1915 totaled
1,155, has dwindled to 280.
CONQUER YANGTSZE RAPIDS
Hydroslide to Be Used to Effect NavU
gation Beyond Gorges In Chi
nese Stream.
Shanghai.By means of the hydro
slide, which the British used success
fully in Mesopotamia during the war,
another effort, and one wholly novel
to China, is to be made to conquer
the rapids of the Yangtsze gorges.
At places there the current attains
JSL velocity of more than thirty miles
an hour.
The ordinary head of navigation for
steamers on the Yangtsze is at Ichang,
a thousand miles from the coast, but
Szechuen, China's most populous prov
ince, and one of Its richest, lies near
ly four hundred miles further up the
river, beyond the wild bandit-ridden
country of the gorges.
The use of the hydroslides on the
upper Yangtsze is the enterprise of a
French company with headquarters in
Shanghai. A number of these craft
were sent up the Yangtsze from
Shanghai in December for trial runs.
MILUKOFF GIVES UP LIBRARY
Former U. of C. Professor Presents
His Russian Collection to Stan
ford University.
Stanford University, Cal.Prof.
Paul Milukoff, Russian secretary of
foreign affairs after the revolution of
1917, and formerly a professor at the
University of Chicago, has presented
to Stanford university his private li
brary on- Russian history, said to be
one of the most complete collections
in existence, it was announced.
The bulk of the library was collect
ed while the donor was professor of
Russian history at the University of
Moscow. It had been in storage for
six years in Helsingfors, Finland,
whence it was shipped December 2 to
this country.
WOMEN TALLER AND HEAVIER
Increase' in Stature and Weight At
tributed to Outdoor Life by
Athletic Director.
-Philadelphia.Women are growing
taller and heavier, according to Dr. R.
Tait McKenzie, director of physical
education at the University of Penn
sylvania.
^'Statistics of women's colleges cov
ering a period of 60 years show the
average college girl of today is an
inch taller than the college girl of
1860, he said. "These statistics also
prove the modern girl is six or seven
pounds heavier." ^g$8j||g
Doctor McKenzie attributed this in
crease in stature and weight to the in
creased interest in sports and outdoor
life.
TO SAVE FISH
ALONG COAST
Pollution of Water and Catching
in Nets Is Cause of Serious
Condition.
NEW JERSEY STARTS MOVE
Experienced Fishermen Say That Sup
ply of Migratory Fish Has Been
Seriously DepletedOther Sea
board States Are Sufferers.
Newark, N. J.A movement has
been started in New Jersey to save
from extermination the migratory fish
which spawn in one place and move
along the Atlantic coast with the
changing of the seasonssuch as
mackerel, menhaden, herring and nu
merous other varieties peculiar to cer
tain localities on this coast. Experi
enced fishermen declare that the sup
ply of these migratory fish has been
seriously depleted by the pollution of
the areas in which they spawn and by
the reckless manner in which they
have been caught in nets.
The method proposed by the New
Jersey Fish and Game Conservation
league to prevent from extermination
is to induce the United States govern
ment to take control of and regulate
the catching of these fish and stop pol-r
lution of the spawning areas. It is
contended that only in this way can
the increasing cost of fish food to the
consumer be checked or reduced.
Four Fundamental Points.
The four fundamental points in the
New Jersey league's proposal for na
tional legislation are:
Protect spawning areas against pol
lution.
Prevent fishing spawning areas.
Regulate the size of the meshes of
nets so the immature fish cannot be
caught.
Protect the natural food supply of
eatable fishes.
The fourth point has to do"\ylth" due*
of the most perplexing phases of the
salt water problemthe matter of the
menhaden industry. The menhaden,
otherwise known as-mossbunker, which
once swarmed along the coast in incal
culable numbers, attracting hordes of
edible fishes that preyed on them, have
been slaughtered right and left to pro
duce oil and fertilizer. In the view of
experts their end is not far off, and
with their passing will disappear from
Atlantic coastal waters many of such
edible species as now remain.
Fisheries Board Breaks Down.
Efforts to cope with the problem
through state regulation here have
failed utterly, the last straw being the
complete breakdown of the state board
of fisheries which had been created
by legislative enactment with a view to
Increasing the supply of food fishes and
reducing the cost to the consumers.
The five members of the board resigned
in a body in July, 1919, and there have
been no reappointments.
Investigation by a committee of vet
eran coast men disclosed an equally
deplorable condition, it is said, in oth
er seaboard states. It was learned, also,
that fisheries officials of Connecticut
and Maryland agreed with those of
New Jersey that a federal law was the
only remedy.
INTERNAL ORGANS MISPLACED
Hospital Patient in Vermont Has
Heart, Liver and Stomach on
Wrong Side.
Kutland, Vt.William Bowen of
West Charleston, Vt., twenty-six, a
patient at the Vermont sanitarium
in Pittsford, is a curiosity to the med
ical world.
All his internal organs are on the
wrong side. He has tuberculosis, but
this has nothing to do with the mis
placed organs.
The transposition was discovered
when an x-ray picture was taken by
Dr. Clarence T. Ball here to determine
the condition of the lungs. It had been
known that Bowen's heart was not in
the customary place, but the x-ray
showed the stomach on the opposite
side, the liver on the left instead of
the right and the vermiform appendix
on the left,
Bowen is expected to recover from
tuberculosis.
French Baby Has Heart
in Pouch Outside Body
Paris.Paris medical authori
ties were called to Soissons to
examine an infant born to a
working family with heart and
intestines contained in .a pouch
on the outside of the child's
body. The case was said to be
the first of its kind on record.
There Is every Indication that
the child will live, as alt the or
gans are functioning perfectly
despite their displacement
S, Qas Well Rests on Sundays.
Sharon, Pa.A "religious" gas well
which docs not produce on Sunday
is owned by the Champion Oil and
Gas company of McKeesport.
The well produced gas every day
daring July, except on the four Sun
days, according to a report made by
Slgmund Josephthal, secretary-treas
urer of this company, addressing a
meeting of stockholders h,ere.?
$2.40 PER YiiAK,
BIG WEALTH IN
HANDS OF FEW
Fifty Families in United States
Control More Than $100,-
000,000 Each.
ROCKEFELLER AT HEAD OF LIST
Oil King's Estate Is Now Estimated
at Between Three and Five Bil-
lionVeritable Dynasty in Every
Important Industry.
New York.Fifty families in the
United States control over $100,000,000
each, 100 families control over $50,-
000,000 each, and 500 families control
over $10,000,000 each.
"John D. Rockeieller's estate is now
up to $3,000,000,000.
Five billion dollars of wealth in the
United States has been handed down
to heirs, many of whom were incom
petents, in the last fifteen years.
Two hundred persons in the United
States control $15,000,000,000 in
France the same amount is controlled
by 480 times that number of people,
or 96,000.
Dynasties to Fore.
Industrially the United States is be
coming dynasticthere is a veritable
dynasty in each important industrial
structure, some of which are:
Sixty per cent of the tobacco trust
wealth is in the hands of ten families.
Twelve families, with the Rockefel
ler family away in the lead, control
50 per cent of the oil industry.
Tne railroads of the country are
controlled by 1.3 per cent of the stock
holders.
One and five-tenths per cent of the
stockholders in the steel trust possess
51 per cent of the stock.
Two families control 51 per cent of
the stock in the harvester interests.
These startling figures on the con
centration of wealth in the United
States were obtained from Henry H.
Klein, deputy commissioner of ac
counts of New York city and a deep
student of economic affairs. He has
spent ten years collecting concrete
facts on the pyramiding of American
wealth.
Mr. Klein's attention was called to
the recent statement of George P.
Hampton, managing director of the
Farmers' National council, that 33 in
dividuals own 2 per cent of the en
tire American wealth. He estimated'"
this 2 per cent at about $4,837,000,-
000 Mr. Hampton gave no names,
but the following list of individuals
and estates and their vast holdings,
checked up to a recent date, was giv
en by Mr Klein:
Estates or individuals Amount
John and William Rocke
feller, $3,000,000,000 to {5,000,000,000
Pratt family 400,000,000
Harkness 400,000,000
Carnegie 300,000,000
Weyerhaeuser estate 300,000,000
Vanderbilts 300,000,000
Astors 300,000,000
Payne Whitney family 200,000,000
ifrick estate 150,000,000
Goelets 100,000,000
J. Hill estate 100,000,000
Hetty Green estate 100,000,000
Field estate 100,000,000
Harnman 100,000,000
Morgans, $150,000,000-to 200,000,000
Flagler estate 100,000,000
Anthony Brady estate 100,000,000
Gould estate 100,000,000
Widener 80,000,000
George Farr Bakers 80,000,000
Stilmans 60,000,000
Isaac Stevenson 70,000,000
Kennedy*Todd group 75,000,000
Bage estate 50,009,000
Blair estate 50,000,000
Rhinelanders 50,000,000
Rogers 50,000,000
Armours 100,000,000
Bwift 100,000,000
A C. James family 60,000,000
Cleveland Dodge 60,000,000
Archbold estate 50,000,000
Mills estate 50,000,000
Daniel Reid estate 50.000,000
Plant estate 60,000,000
Morris 50,000,000
Pullman estate 50,000,000
Searles estate 50,000,000
There are many families Mr. Klein
mentioned in the $40,000,000 class,
and this includes Mrs. William Leeds,
now Princess Christopher of Greece,
and Alexander Smith Cochrane, until
recently America's "richest bachelor"
and now the husband of Mme. Ganna
Walska, opera singer."
Mr. Klein's list, which is several
pages long, does not go below the $10,-
000,000 class.
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Called Fire Department to
Quench Flames Inside Him
i
Seeing a man rush up to a I
i fire alarm box and turn in an
alarm, Patrolman Winner of
the New York city police de
partment, inquired where the
fire was. "Inside me," gasped
Joseph Marone of Wooster, O.
"I drank booze and want the
firemen to run a hose down my
throat and extinguish the I
i flames."
The patrolman told the fire- I
4 men where the fire was, but
took Marone to the police'sta
I tlon.
=V "Belgium Reclaiming Its Soil.
^Washington.Belgium is making "^A
g:od progress rebuilding farms and^'s
rehabilitating agricultural production. g||
-Report from the American consul
at Brussels show that at the end of
the first nine months of 1920 more
than 61,775 acres out of about 148^60
acres of war-swept soil had been put
into condition for cultivation.
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